The McLaren Report Part II, released Friday, is the fourth major investigative document on Russian doping to be published in the past 13 months. All were commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency. All were initially prompted by whistleblowers comb

Sometimes the biggest story of the winter meetings isn't what happened. It's what didn't happen. What almost happened. What's about to happen. So let's take a look at some of the fascinating winter meetings plot lines that are still dangling -- becau

Here's our weekly look at the fortunes of some of the game's brightest young stars. Behold, the latest under-24 player rankings. Hot Connor McDavid, C, Edmonton Oilers The Oilers are in a dogfight atop the Pacific Division, where they're tied with t

What do you need to know about last night's big stories? Joe McDonald gives us his take on the biggest and best. This is where we say "Morning, Joe." McDavid fights back: In the night's biggest story, Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid called the Phila

Everybody has gone home from the fictional city of National Harbor, Maryland, after a week of making high-stakes trades and signings of a decidedly nonfictional nature. With the free-agent market being one of the weakest markets -- if not the&nb

For a guy who started the year with his barn blowing down, Peter Miller has done okay. Early last January, on a quiet weekday afternoon, Miller's main barn at the San Luis Rey Downs Training Center was hit with what meteorologists termed a microburs

Terence Crawford had a big year in 2014, so big in fact that he was named fighter of the year by ESPN.com and the Boxing Writers Association of America, among other outlets. That is a big box to check for any aspiring boxing star and potential future

This 2017 ESPN JC 50 rankings have three players who could make an immediate impact next season. The class doesn't grade as highly as previous classes, but QBs Jarrett Stidham, Blake Barnett and Kansas commit Peyton Bender are real difference-makers.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- There's an old expression you hear from general managers every winter. It goes kind of like this: Buying is easy. Selling is hard. So for a team that hasn't held a storewide clearance sale in almost 20 years, you have to hand

What do you need to know about last night's big stories? Joe McDonald gives us his take on the biggest and best. This is where we say "Morning, Joe." Pressure is on Price: If the Montreal Canadiens had the blueprint to keep goalie Carey Price health

The College Football Playoff field is set, along with the lineup for 41 bowl games. But before the postseason kicks off with six games on Dec. 17, let's take a look back at the best and worst from the 2016 season. Once again, there were plenty of sur

There should be very little sympathy for those railing against the downgrading of the Wood Memorial, Blue Grass, and Mother Goose on the list for 2017 released this week by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders

Fun. Edgy. Fun. Global. Fun. Those buzzwords rang through the NASCAR news conference last week when the league introduced Monster Energy as the sponsor of its Cup series, or whatever it chooses to call it in the future. The news conference includ

A few months ago there was speculation in boxing circles that perhaps the mandatory fight between junior middleweight titlist Jermall Charlo and No. 1 contender Julian "J Rock" Williams would not happen. Charlo, some said, wanted to vacate and move

So, what if the NHL walks away from the Olympics for the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea? USA Hockey and Hockey Canada officials are making contingency plans, combing European rosters for players who might be able to don their nations'

TORONTO -- Doo Ho Choi looks like he'd need a chaperone to get into an R-rated movie, but he also might be one of the most dangerous strikers competing at UFC 206. Through three UFC appearances, Choi (14-1) has developed something of a cult follow